Justin's First Public Talk in Bolivia

Well the title says it all. Today was Justin's first public talk here in Bolivia. He did awesome. His Spanish has improved so much from when he first gave this talk. I was so proud. I also got to wear my Dirndl. It was a hit. After the meeting Justin had lots of brothers and sisters tell him how good of a job he did. One sister who has a 11 year old mentally challenged child came up and told him she was so encouraged with his talk. We talked with her for about 30 minutes. You never realize what people are dealing with in their personal lives. You realize how much you impact ones just by example. I am glad we talked to her, because now I know she does not mind having help with her child. So maybe I can help during the meetings, because he tends to yell out things when he gets a bored. Anyways....Justin did great. A Sr. Sabina came with her daughter to see Justin's talk also. She is the sister we go to every Thursday for empanadas. Her experience and what she has dealt with is in the 9/1/2009 Watchtower under "A Letter From Bolivia Happy and Hopeful Despite Poverty". I just finished reading it, very encouraging.

Justin, Me, Sabina and her daughter Milena (click on photo to enlarge)

Then after we were invited to go eat at a small restaurant/ house for lunch. It was really good we had Sopa de Mani (Peanut Soup eaten every Sunday) and Saice. {The links are recipes to these dishes if you want to try them}

Sopa de Mani

Saice

Then I took a nap and we went in service. Had a great time in service. A young publisher asked me to go on a call with him and we started a study with her. It is so great to see the progress the young ones make. He is such a great teacher and is only 15 yrs. old. I was very surprised and impressed with his love and emotion with which he taught.

That's Leonardo and I in the distance. (click on photo to enlarge)

Then Justin and I went to a brother's house to help him with his heater. He is in his 80's and live in a room the size of our bathroom. And you all know how small that is. It did not work so we brought him a spare we had. We still had to MacGyver it a bit, because it would not worked right in the outlet. Oh and there is one outlet with one place to put a plug in in the whole place. But hey we live in Bolivia everything is MacGyvered. He was so happy, because he has not had heat this whole time.

MacGyvering an outlet. Justin is almost standing on his bed in this picture.

That is about all for today. Tomorrow is very busy because it is our only free day this week because we have the overseers visit.